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Her powers as a bandraoi and sorceress seemed to rival those of the Fey, as did her air of regal self-containment.
Earl of Durkness Alix Rickloff 2011
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Her powers as a bandraoi and sorceress seemed to rival those of the Fey, as did her air of regal self-containment.
Earl of Durkness Alix Rickloff 2011
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However, Davutoglu's recurrent references to history in a series of speeches and media interviews have produced a certain uneasiness around Turkey and beyond -- including in Washington, as shown by some WikiLeaks cables -- with the perception that Ankara is gradually shifting from Kemalist self-containment to an offensive neo-Ottoman foreign policy.
David Gosset: Chinese Prudence vs. US Recklessness David Gosset 2011
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Her self-containment and reserved passion are impressively imagined – and there is a nice return-performance by James, comparing the relative merits of various American hostesses in Venice.
The Empty Family by Colm Tóibín – Review Hermione Lee 2010
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Mr. Oldman's emphasis is on self-containment, but what his Smiley seems to contain is all the wisdom of a blighted world.
Nervy 'Young Adult' Dazzles by the Book Joe Morgenstern 2011
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Looking at the painting's quiet self-containment makes you realise what Rossetti, Hunt and the rest of the Brotherhood were after when they embarked in 1848 on their homage to the "pre-Raphaelites".
In Search of a Masterpiece by Christopher Lloyd – review 2011
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Watching him is to be reminded of a time when intelligence, grace and self-containment were their own rewards.
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Watching him is to be reminded of a time when intelligence, grace and self-containment were their own rewards.
Archive 2009-07-01 2009
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Her powers as a bandraoi and sorceress seemed to rival those of the Fey, as did her air of regal self-containment.
Earl of Durkness Alix Rickloff 2011
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As she's aged, the 67-year-old star has continued to project tantalizing self-containment while playing beautiful older women with complicated pasts.
A Belle de Cinema in New York Kristin M. Jones 2011
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